• Night Drives

    The weekends were always my favorite because I had no rules.   Once school and my Friday chores were done, I disappeared and only showed up for dinner on Saturday and Sunday nights.  We had recently moved onto a farm and I was too busy finding all the best hiding places and just exploring in general.  I needed to know the land like…

  • Epic

    “That was the most epic tantrum I have ever seen,” Jed said as we walked back up our driveway.  I was still too shocked to say anything at all.  I couldn’t believe what I had just seen.  Our neighbor had totally just lost his mind on his dog and car all at the same time. …

  • What it Takes

    “She doesn’t have what it takes.  Just look at what she’s wearing.  She’ll never make it through the first day.”  Suzette leaned back in her chair and watched the new English teacher set her bag down onto her desk.  She was the third one we’ve had this year and we weren’t even through the fall semester.  Suzette…

  • The Accident

    “I know, I miss him too,” I told my daughter.  “It’s you and me now, but things are going to be better than ever.  We have everything we need and we are going to be great.”  My heart broke into a million little pieces as another tear rolled down her cheek.  I tried to swallow the lump in my throat,…

  • Payback

    “You said that already,” I mumbled to my cousin.  “I don’t know how much longer I can stay awake.”  “But aren’t you excited?  How could you possibly sleep on a night like this?  So many things are happening all around us!”  Though I didn’t look, I knew Mindy was sitting up next to me.  I could feel…

  • Sabotage

    “Nothing about this seems right,” I said out loud.  I quickly glanced around to see if anyone had heard me.  The Community Art Competition was next week and I had finally gotten enough courage to enter a few of my pieces.  The competition was probably the most important one of my fledgling, not-quite-started career and I didn’t really want anyone to realize…

  • The Date

    “She has changed her opinion.  Twice.”  My father continued to grumble as my sister headed to her room to change her clothes again.  I looked the other way and smiled.  My sister and I were going to meet our dad’s new girlfriend for the first time since they had started dating and Haley was having a hard time deciding what…

  • After the Rain

    When the rain finally ended, I ventured outside to see the final outcome.  I needed to see what damage had been done while I was hiding from the storm.  At this point, I felt that either way, this rain could potentially set the course of the rest of my life.  Or at least the next few months.  As I…

  • Wardrobe

    “I’m ready to tone down my wardrobe,” I said out loud as I stared at my overstuffed closet.  The problem was that it was not my only clothes that were currently overflowing – shoes, skirts, jackets, sweatshirts, everything.  I racked my brain to try and figure out how I had let my closets get this out of control, but here I…

  • Sticky

    “Place sticky things here?  What does that even mean?  Sounds pretty disgusting to me actually,” I said as I carefully walked around the table and put my hands in my pockets.  I didn’t want to accidently touch the table and whatever stickiness has been on top of it.  I made a quick look at the floor to see if there were…